Police and Community Relations Literature Review
Police and Community Relations Literature Review Police and Community Relations Literature Review
Mona E. Castillo
JUS -481
Grand Canyon University
Police and Community Relations Literature Review
Article 1
Davies (2022) identifies that law enforcement and the police department have been increasing the implementation of body-worn cameras among their officers and have been building a solid knowledge on the advantages and drawbacks of this tool on policing. The author identifies that the police officers have been intensifying their level of scrutiny by capturing real time incidences to help in case investigations. The author continues to pinpoint that the most outstanding paybacks of these cameras relates to the fact that they would help in improving the relationship between the citizens and the police officers. The author uses descriptive qualitative research to present the findings of a research assessment performed by the Australian New South Wales Police Force Body Worn Camera initiative. These findings will add knowledge to the pool of studies associated with understanding the opinion of body-worn cameras' influence on the relationship between police officers and community members. The author concludes by identifying that there is a high level of positive influence and optimism on the impacts of the camera in areas pertaining to transparency, behavior change, and accountability of the community member and the police
Article 2
The authors pinpoint that states like Wisconsin and Madison are in the middle of performing a bold new experiment to improve the relationships between the police and the community. The author is performing a literal qualitative analysis to analyze a four-year study where an ad hoc committee recommended that 177 reforms had been designed to improve policing and the community members' level of trust in police officers. The author identifies that these recommendations marked the development of a new civilian oversight technique such as setting up a new office that will allow for independent police monitoring and a citizen oversight board. The authors performed a detailed summary and recommendations of the follow up civilian committee that was examining the relevance of body-worn cameras. After debating with the community members, the author identifies that majority of them were positive towards this technique although there were some drawbacks as well although they were not significant
Article 3
Headley (2018) identifies that a lot of attention has been focused on the problem surrounding communities of color and the police. The author reports that a successful remedy for this problem has played an integral role in reforming the law enforcement department, which is considered a corporate-level solution. Despite this finding, minimal efforts to rectify this have been fabricated in empirical research to provide an understanding of the underlying relationship betwee.
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1. Police and Community Relations Literature Review
Police and Community Relations Literature Review Police and
Community Relations Literature Review
Mona E. Castillo
JUS -481
Grand Canyon University
Police and Community Relations Literature Review
Article 1
Davies (2022) identifies that law enforcement and the police
department have been increasing the implementation of body-
worn cameras among their officers and have been building a
solid knowledge on the advantages and drawbacks of this tool
on policing. The author identifies that the police officers have
been intensifying their level of scrutiny by capturing real time
incidences to help in case investigations. The author continues
to pinpoint that the most outstanding paybacks of these cameras
relates to the fact that they would help in improving the
relationship between the citizens and the police officers. The
author uses descriptive qualitative research to present the
findings of a research assessment performed by the Australian
New South Wales Police Force Body Worn Camera initiative.
These findings will add knowledge to the pool of studies
associated with understanding the opinion of body-worn
cameras' influence on the relationship between police officers
and community members. The author concludes by identifying
that there is a high level of positive influence and optimism on
the impacts of the camera in areas pertaining to transparency,
behavior change, and accountability of the community member
and the police
Article 2
The authors pinpoint that states like Wisconsin and Madison are
in the middle of performing a bold new experiment to improve
the relationships between the police and the community. The
2. author is performing a literal qualitative analysis to analyze a
four-year study where an ad hoc committee recommended that
177 reforms had been designed to improve policing and the
community members' level of trust in police officers. The
author identifies that these recommendations marked the
development of a new civilian oversight technique such as
setting up a new office that will allow for independent police
monitoring and a citizen oversight board. The authors
performed a detailed summary and recommendations of the
follow up civilian committee that was examining the relevance
of body-worn cameras. After debating with the community
members, the author identifies that majority of them were
positive towards this technique although there were some
drawbacks as well although they were not significant
Article 3
Headley (2018) identifies that a lot of attention has been
focused on the problem surrounding communities of color and
the police. The author reports that a successful remedy for this
problem has played an integral role in reforming the law
enforcement department, which is considered a corporate-level
solution. Despite this finding, minimal efforts to rectify this
have been fabricated in empirical research to provide an
understanding of the underlying relationship between the police
and the community. Therefore, the author performed a
qualitative analysis focusing on identifying the impact that law
enforcement departments and managerial attributes have on
community and police relationships. The author finds out that
the solution to this was identified by looking into complaints by
community members, assaults targeting police officers, police
use of excessive force when handling the members of public and
the number of civilian deaths under the police's care. the author
concludes by identifying that only a limited number of
managerial attributes of the police departments directly
influence the police relationships with the community
Article 4
According to (Jacobs et al., 2019), in an effort to improve the
3. relations between the police and the community, there was a
project illumination that was developed in the American state of
South Carolina by the Charleston Police Department in
association with the respected organizations and community
leaders. The author used qualitative research and identified that
this program's main purpose was to directly involve all groups
within the metropolitan community and provide an active
avenue for conveying anxieties and outlining public priorities.
As a way of assurance to the minority groups, there was an
introduction of specific attention that ensured all groups were
involved. The project ended up being a resounding success
because the community was allowed to identify and provide
inputs directly into the Charleston Police Department methods
and the growth of the policy.
Article 5
The research done by O’Brien and Tyler (2019), identify that
most societies globally have segments of the general public that
strongly distrust the legal and political authorities. Without
considering how the distrust may arise, it decreases the
possibilities for future democratic government, social cohesion
and successful economic growth. the authors believe that for
authorities to build trust amid a legacy of distrust, they are
focusing on relations between the police and the society and
conclude on two psychological literatures that eloquent
evidence-informed trust-building methods. The author
performed literal qualitative research identifies that the
procedure of justice approach focuses on implementing a fair
and respectful exercise by the police officers during a major
part of the day when interacting with the community members.
The other type of reconciliation is towards the police officers
using gestures that are acceptable to the community by showing
the willingness to resolve the past conflicts caused by injustices
to the community and a promise to bring new changes to boost
future relationships with the community. The authors conclude
their literature analysis by providing policy recommendations.
The authors provide a detailed process of trust building with the
4. community members, which involves making substantial
improvement in the justice process along with the reconciliatory
gestures signaling the intention to empower via the services to
the communities.
Article 6
York (2019) identifies that he is not surprised that some
portions of the population lack trust in police officers. This
further intensifies with an increase in reports showing that
civilians are dying in the hands of these law enforcement
officers. Communities that developed the most disrespect about
the law enforcers were in the beginning trustful until the mass
killing of civilians by police officers. However, the main goal
for the communities is to have their needs and concerns voiced.
Therefore, the author finds that using open data initiatives will
help in guiding the entire process. Also, the police agencies
should be involved in the open data initiatives as it will help
them build community relationships. This will ensure that the
officials have a sturdy background to establish peace. The
author concludes by identifying that easy access to response to
community needs.
Comparison
The pros of using a body cam include that there will be
evidence to present before a court of law, contribute to
deterring crimes. The cons include that body cams are similar to
spying which is an invasion of an individual's privacy, and that
the poor quality of the videos as a result of officer movements
make it impossible to identify how an issue took place. the
other tool analyzes organizational factors that affect the
relationship between the police and community members.
Therefore, the pro includes that by bringing these aspects to
light, critical assumptions will be cleared on the matter, and the
department can proceed with clear parameters. However, the
con includes that there was no physical verification that
organization and management attributes did influence the
outcome of the relationship between community members and
the police.
5. The other element is employing measures to help rebuild trust
with the community members. This will be beneficial because it
will help many people to clear the stereotypical mindset that all
police officers are bad. Similarly, this measure is similar to
helping the community members blossom their relationships
with law enforcement as accepting the police officer back into
society is essential. On the other hand, there is no identified
drawback to this end. Another tool is implementing open
communication initiatives to enable police officers to rebuild
their relationships with community members. The goal of the
open initiative is to provide a clear ground that the officers can
reflect on to decide on the issues that will help them close the
gap between them and the community members. Another
advantage includes that the team will have robust measures to
identify the issues that the community needs help with.
Approaches I would have taken.
My favorite approach is using a body cam because it will
provide supporting evidence to a particular case preventing
innocent individuals from being convicted for crimes they did
not commit. Also, the presence of cameras tends to make
individuals rectify their behavior which is the goal of these
cameras. Also, usage of body cameras is an affordable operation
that the law enforcement department can execute because it is
durable and can serve for an extended period before needing
replacement..
References
Davies, A. (2022). Through an Australian Lens: Exploring the
Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Police–Community
Relations.
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
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